I use MyUS for that.. I think they have a UK place also. Fees are okay and
they will store things for up to 3 months and then ship things in a single
bundle.Without them my collection would never have happened.Sent from my Galaxy
-------- Original message --------From: Mike Stein via cctalk
<cctalk@classiccmp.org> Date: 2024-07-01 5:32 p.m. (GMT-08:00) To: "General
Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk@classiccmp.org> Cc: Sellam
Abraham <sellam.ism...@gmail.com>, Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com> Subject:
[cctalk] Re: what to do with our "treasures" I've had the same experience with
folks in Australia & NZ,accumulating stuff in the US until there's enough to
ship it downunder.On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 8:07 PM Sellam Abraham via
cctalk<cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:>> On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 2:12 PM Ethan
Dicks via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org>> wrote:>> > On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at
7:58 AM Liam Proven via cctalk> > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:> > > ...
vendors mostly> > > refuse to ship internationally and buyers won't look at
stuff that's> > > abroad.> >> > If you aren't used to customs declaration
forms, it can be a pain.> > Back in the 80s, I bought an Amiga accessory from a
2-man shop in> > Canada and they hadn't done a cross-border shipment before and
because> > they didn't get it right, UPS held my package at the border and the>
> Customs Broker wanted $80 USD to fill out a 1/2 page form ($220 in> > 2024
dollars). I declined their "help" and the package went back to> > the seller
to fix.> >> > I rarely buy from overseas sellers because $30-$40/kg postage is
too dear.> >> > -ethan> >>> I have a trading buddy in England. I search eBay
UK for stuff I'm seeking> and he also keeps an eye out for stuff he knows I
like, and he buys it for> me and has it shipped to his place (shipping is very
cheap within the UK).> Once enough stuff is accumulated on his end, he packs
it all together and> sends it as one big bundle, which saves immensely on
shipping, but it's> still kinda pricey. This all works in reverse too, of
course.>> Suggestion: find yourself a UK or Euro-based trading buddy.>> I'm not
sure what happened--it probably had something to do with Brexit, or> the Biden
admin--but I remember it being a lot more reasonable to ship> across the pond
both ways pre-2020.>> Sellam
